Over

 Over, directed by John Threlfall, is a short film about the discovery of a body on a random street in London. At the end of the film we find out that he fell from a plane as it was coming into landing. 

There are hidden suggestions throughout the film that point to this. An example being the plane flying overhead at the start, although are attention is not primarily focused on it and obviously does not make the connection. 

The film works in reverse order, as we see the cleaning up of the blood and the car being taken away before we see the police. To help us know this we receive a time-stamp in the corner of each new establishing shot.  These establishing shots allow us to take in the whole setting, which makes us notice how ordinary and simple the scenery is. The long takes and lack of close-ups on anyone in particular makes us question the plot and seem unsure as to what we are meant to be focusing on. This technique can be seen as intentional as the director is attempting to show how unexpected and random this incident was.

The close-ups of the items create a connection between the spectator and the victim, however it is still not a close connection as we are unsure as to what has happened, only that someone has died. This leaves us interested and eager to find out more details. The personal items also hint towards what he was doing before he died, as he had a torch and mittens, but we still do not make the connection.

The people not seeing the body at the start reflect the lack of identity that the body has, especially how we never view a close-up of the body, or see anything that we might recognise on him.

The plane flying over at the end points us towards the feeling that the body has fallen out of the aeroplane, which the text then confirms as the film fades to black. The text is very moving, and works with the sound to evoke our emotions.